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Intel Core i5-6400 vs Intel Core i3-5020U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-6400
Rank 2 - 66 %
Intel Core i3-5020U
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-6400
Rank 2 - 46 %
Intel Core i3-5020U
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
1,134
Intel Core i3-5020U
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz
735
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
3,086
Intel Core i3-5020U
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz
1,507
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
841
Intel Core i3-5020U
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz
560
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
2,706
Intel Core i3-5020U
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz
1,230
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-6400
Intel HD Graphics 530
365
Intel Core i3-5020U
Intel HD Graphics 5500
346
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
140 cb
Intel Core i3-5020U
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz
84 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
497 cb
Intel Core i3-5020U
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz
211 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-5020U
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000 (24)Intel Core i 5000U (16)
ArchitectureSkylake SBroadwell U
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 1151BGA 1168
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i5-7400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-5020U
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 2.70 GHz 2.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-5020U
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 530Intel HD Graphics 5500
GPU frequency0.35 - 0.95 GHz0.30 - 0.90 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory32 GB16 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q1/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-5020U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-5020U
MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 162.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-5020U
TDP65 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down10 W
T. junction max.105 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i3-5020U
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2015Q1/2015
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-6400
Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 2.70 - 3.30 GHz
Intel Core i3-5020U
Intel Core i3-5020U
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz

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